The Gambian soccer team narrowly avoided disaster after oxygen supplies failed in the plane they were flying on.
Gambia’s soccer team was flying to the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) on Wednesday evening when a serious incident on board the plane headed to the Ivory Coast forced them back within 20 minutes from take off.
The plane experienced a sudden lack of oxygen in the cabin after supply failed, causing several players to pass out and fall asleep. The flight, which had just left the airport in Gambia’s capital Banjul, was forced to return and make an emergency landing as oxygen supplies on board were dangerously low.
